Students were using twitter as "an exercise in self-reflection," Ewart said, citing increasing demand from employers for people to use social networking tools.

But reaction from students has been mixed, she said, raising questions over the utility of using sites like Twitter and Facebook in a formal education curriculum.

"Quite surprisingly, a lot of students didn't know what Twitter was. There were a couple of really vocal students who were saying they couldn't believe we were using it and thought it was a waste of time," Ewart said.